The great sugar debate -is it Vegan? Answers from PETA via vegan family website :)

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Thanks! I didn't know there were brands that were vegan. I'll see if

my supermarket carries any of these.

 

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Alicia

 

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The Great Sugar Debate: Is it vegan?I don't know how many times I've had this conversation with people. Everyone seems to have a different opinion on the subject. Most vegans I've come into contact with know there is something non-vegan about sugar, but not everyone knows what that is. So we went to PETA and asked them. Here's what they told us...

 

 

 

 

Bone char, made from the bones of cows, is at times used to whiten sugar. Some sugar companies use it in filters to decolorize their sugar. Other types of filters involve granular carbon or an ion exchange system rather than bone char. The following sugar companies DO NOT use bone-char filters:

 

 

 

 

Florida Crystals RefineryP.O. Box 86South Bay, FL 33493407-996-9072Labels: Florida Crystals

 

Refined Sugars IncorporatedOne Federal St.Yonkers, NY 10702914-963-2400Labels: Jack Frost, Country Cane, 4# Flow-Sweet

 

PillsburyMakes powdered brown sugar

 

Supreme Sugar Company (subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland)P.O. Box 56009New Orleans, LA 70156504-831-0901Labels: Supreme, Southern Bell, Rouse's MarketsThe following sugar companies DO use bone-char filters:

 

 

 

 

Domino1114 Ave. of the Americas25th Fl.New York, NY 10036212-789-9700

 

Savannah FoodsP.O. Box 335Savannah, GA 31402912-234-1261

 

California & Hawaiian Sugar Company (with the exception of its Washed Raw Sugar)830 Loring Ave.Crockett, CA 94525-1104510-787-2121Supermarket brands of sugar (e.g., Giant, Townhouse, etc.) buy their sugar from several different refineries, so there is no way of knowing whether it is vegan at any given time. Brown sugar is generally made by adding molasses to refined sugar, so sugar companies that use bone char in the production of their regular sugar will also use it in the production of their brown sugar. Confectioner's sugar (refined sugar mixed with cornstarch) made by such companies also involves the use of bone char. Fructose may, but does not typically involve a bone-char filter. If you want to avoid all refined sugars, we recommend alternatives such as Sucanat and turbinado sugar. Neither of these sweeteners are ever filtered with bone char. Additionally, beet sugar--though normally refined--never involves the use of bone char.So there you have it. The bottom line is you need to know where your sugar is coming from. Or use alternatives. Does this put the question to rest finally? I hope so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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you're welcome Alicia check out the website http://www.vegfamily.com/index.htm

for lots of great info , recipes and product reviews

teresa

 

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Alicia Bayer

Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:28 PM

Re: The great sugar debate -is it Vegan? Answers from PETA via vegan family website

Thanks! I didn't know there were brands that were vegan. I'll see ifmy supermarket carries any of these.-- AliciaA Magical Childhoodhttp://www.magicalchildhood.com"The best way to make children good is to make them happy."- Oscar Wilde

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you're welcome I found it really helpful too - I totally agree on the organic gardening and miss my farm where I gardened extensively for humans and critters now I live on the ocean and vegetable gardening is something of a challenge due to the corrosive effects of heavy salt spray on vegetable plants ! Hopefully you'll get another heat wave to ripen off those tomatoes of yours VBG global warming changes are already occurring - here in central fl we've had an unusually cool summer ...

teresa

 

 

Thanks for the information.. That is best way to have organic produce, grow ityourself. I only have a strip of soil around my patio, so these tomatoesare a real bonus.)The Lady Dragonflywww.theladydragonfly.com

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another all vegan site is www.vegweb.com . My " Dragonfly " recipes are on

there, but not my best which is a marinated BBQ tofu that has received raves

from all those I have shared it with.

 

They have message boards which are very informative. I love these folks.

 

The Lady Dragonfly

www.theladydragonfly.com

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Thanks for the information.

 

We have Great Western Sugar here and it is beet sugar. Should be vegan,

according to this.

 

As a side note, a lot of cane sugar comes from Cuba. The government has

decided to curtain about half of their production. Given that there are not

that many places where cane can be grown, any short fall will be made up in

the use of sugar beets because they can even grow them here, in high, arid

Colorado where the soil could be better to grow things in...my 4 foot high

tomato plants not withstanding! (I brag on them, they were 10 inches tall,

had three leaves and were planted after June 1, 2002. They are 4 feet tall,

laden with tomatoes that are destined to be green tomato pickles as our

weather has suddenly turned cool. If we don't have another heat wave, I can

forget having a single ripe one. Since this worked, I will sprout plants in

my kitchen in February and put them in the ground in May and see what

happens next year. That is best way to have organic produce, grow it

yourself. I only have a strip of soil around my patio, so these tomatoes

are a real bonus.)

 

The Lady Dragonfly

www.theladydragonfly.com